Salmem Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Salmem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Salmem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil251:8,562,973188,780
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Salmem (17) may also be a first name.

Salmem Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Salmem Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Salmem (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﺎﻟﻢ) is held by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Salmem? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,730,171st most commonly occurring surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. Salmem occurs mostly in The Americas, where 89 percent of Salmem live; 89 percent live in South America and 89 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 2,694,839th most widespread forename worldwide. It is borne by 17 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 8,562,973. In Brazil it is mostly concentrated in: Mato Grosso do Sul, where 44 percent live, São Paulo, where 16 percent live and Mato Grosso, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Brazil it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 4 percent live and Mauritania, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Salmeem926/
Salmen834,059/
Solmem83679/
Salmim83139/
Salmeen771,958/
Sallmen77292/
Sahlmen77106/
Salmoen7753/
Szalmen7714/
Salmend773/
Salment773/
Shalmen773/
Salmien772/
Solmeum771/
Saulmen771/
Shalmim771/
Salmn7334/
Shalmeen7122/
Schalmen715/
Saalmenn710/
Salmin6718,592/
Salmenova67423/
Salmyn67190/
Salmén67174/
Solmen67115/
Calmim6720/
Zalmen678/
Salmenová673/
Salmȃn671/
Salmèn671/

Salmem Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Salmem in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺳﺎﻟﻢsalm-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Salmem
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